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Make the April Holidays Count: 3 Smart Strategies for Year 11 & 12 Students

Make the April Holidays Count: 3 Smart Strategies for Year 11 & 12 Students

The upcoming April school holidays present a crucial opportunity—not just to catch up, but to get ahead. For Year 12 students, the next few months are particularly intense, with a race to complete all course content before the end of Term 2, ahead of Trial Exams starting in late July. Students who do very little over the break will find themselves under more pressure during the term, especially alongside school, sport, co-curricular, and social commitments. On the other hand, students who...

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8 ideas for studying in the ‘post-trials slump’

8 ideas for studying in the ‘post-trials slump’

The 'post-trials slump' is real for the vast majority of HSC students. You have covered all the content, assessment tasks are done, the countdown to graduation is on, the weather is heating up, 18th birthday events every weekend and 50% of your ATAR is still up for...

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Live Q&A Support.. Anytime, Anywhere!

Live Q&A Support.. Anytime, Anywhere!

Live Q&A Zoom sessions run every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening from 5pm to 8pm through to the end of the HSC to receive additional one on one support from one of our experts as you need it when working outside of your normal CoWorks session. Join for as...

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New Mindset. New Results!

New Mindset. New Results!

You have everything you need to create your very own HSC Success Story. When we look around at those who are achieving the success which we want for ourselves, it is easy to fall into the trap of attributing those people as having ‘super powers’ i.e. they are smarter,...

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Finish your HSC with Zero Regrets!

Finish your HSC with Zero Regrets!

The future is still to be created by the actions we take today. It is inevitable that ALL students will experience the famous ‘post trials slump’. However, the students who are able to have a controlled and well earned break before resuming their training for the...

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The Post Trials Slump

The Post Trials Slump

With trials just about finished up for everyone, we wanted to discuss a very common obstacle that students tend to face around this time of year: the post-trials slump. Yes it’s a real thing! After (hopefully) working very hard in the lead-up to trials, and...

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Thank you

Thank you

A huge thank you to everyone who has referred friends and family to commence in October 2020 for HSC 2021. The vast majority of our clients come from word of mouth and we are thrilled that the work we are doing with our students is resonating with so many families. At...

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Block Procrastination and Distraction with Goals

Block Procrastination and Distraction with Goals

  When you have the choice of continuing with more work/training OR succumbing to instant gratification and picking up the phone or watching youtube etc the decision will be much more likely to be consistent with achieving your goals if the goals are up in front...

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74 Days Until Trials Begin: What Is Your Plan?

74 Days Until Trials Begin: What Is Your Plan?

As of today there are 74 days until the Trial Exams begin and in that 74 days there are a lot of competing agendas to take a student’s attention away from training for an exam block that will make up approximately 25% of a students ATAR. 

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HSC Success Is All in the Mind: Education Today

HSC Success Is All in the Mind: Education Today

After appearing on Business Australia’s podcast, ‘The Company You Keep’, our Head Performance Coach and Managing Director, Jesse Gardiner, speaks to Education Today about developing a positive HSC mindset.

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Output Matters: Why You Can’t Just ‘Show Up’

Output Matters: Why You Can’t Just ‘Show Up’

It’s easy to confuse just showing up with making progress because you showed up so something must be happening, that’s better than not being here right?

Yes showing up is better than not even showing up at all… but barely.

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Michael Jordan and the HSC CoWorks Key Behaviours

Michael Jordan and the HSC CoWorks Key Behaviours

22 years after Jordan won his last NBA championship he has maintained universal relevance due to the qualities he displayed as an athlete on the basketball court which we can all relate to as being the same qualities to achieve success on the court of life.

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Who wants a great HSC result? Everyone!

Who wants a great HSC result? Everyone!

How many people want a fantastic HSC result? Everyone!  How many people get a fantastic HSC result? Not everyone.  The idea of what constitutes 'fantastic' is going to differ between students, however there is one commonality amongst all students who do achieve that...

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What if you were suddenly given everything you want?

What if you were suddenly given everything you want?

There is a knock on the door and a delivery driver is there with a box on it with the following message:

‘Congratulations! Inside this box is your goal ATAR, early entry into your dream university course and a feeling of no regrets’

Do you take the box?

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